to be at a loss; to be puzzled
vicious circle; vicious cycle
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
that is to say; so that means
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
to put into effect; to put into practice
disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
absence due to illness; sick leave
to move forward; to move on
priority; order of precedence
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to go together; to go in company (with); to go along (with)
to become a couple; to be man and wife; to be married to
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance; response (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on)